Gareth Wright

@garpunkal

Senior C# .net MVC Developer

Umbraco CMS Expert, Contributor and Package Developer

Azure Cloud and DevOps Developer

Vue, TailwindCSS and Front End Developer

Projects

Historic Royal Palaces

Shrek's Adventure

Merlin's Magical London

The Orlando Eye

3M: Make It Happen

Pepsi Perfect Match

Get Me Pleasure

Ramada Jarvis Hotels

Snell Advanced Media

Articles

Umbraco 9 - Sort those crops out!

I've always though that the image cropper in Umbraco, looked a little messy and the view for the main...

umbraco

css

image

cropper

Umbraco 9 - Azure Cache for Redis

I've recently needed to use Azure Cache for Redis on an Umbraco 9 website for user sessions to store...

umbraco

dotnet

azure

redis

Umbraco 9 - ContentWithAside BlockList editor package

I've packaged up a piece of code that was posted about in this Umbraco 24days.in article:...

umbraco

dotnet

package

csharp

Umbraco 9 - DropDownList with text and values

Antoher plugin for Umbraco that provides an Umbraco Drop Down List with Text and Values. There is an...

Umbraco 9 - Thumbnail ListView

I created a plugin for Umbraco 9 that allows you to use a ListView with the following extras: A...

Umbraco 9 - BlockList editor with added ViewComponents

Umbraco 9 is built using .net 5, which is .net core. This allows us to utilise ViewComponents with...

Umbraco 8 - Image optimisation using PunkOptimise

About a year ago, I build a simple plugin for Umbraco 8 that allows you shrink your image via TinyPNG...

Umbraco 8 - Umbraco Forms and converting fields to translations nodes

I've developed a package that will convert form fields into Umbraco translation fields, by clicking...

Umbraco 8 - Personalisation with Members and Tagging

A few months ago, I developed a tag-based personalisation system for Members. It's simple to use and...

SquidexCMS to Gridsome using Content API

I've recently created a portfolio website and needed a CMS to populate certain areas of my website....

My portfolio JAM Stack website using vue.js, gridsome and tailwind

Hey 👋 I've been working on my portfolio jamstack website and thought I'd share: https://garpunkal.dev...

Experience

Senior Backend Developer

Jaywing

Home Based

jaywing.com

Jun 2021 - CURRENT11 months

C# .net 5 with MVC and CQRS patterns.
Umbraco 7, 8 and 9 development.
Development of an Umbraco 9 framework.
Entity Framework core using Fluent API and migrations.
TailwindCSS, Nunjucks, AlpineJS development.
Welcome to Sheffield build with EF core, Polly, Flurl and Hangfire.
Historic Royal Palaces rebrand project.
Exa website build.
Development of an internal studio planner.
Integration of Microsoft Dynamics CRM into Umbraco.
Development of bespoke Umbraco Content Apps.
Creation of functional specifications for client projects.
Octopus Deploy and Azure DevOps build and release pipelines.
Certified First Aider - St John Ambulance - Emergency First Aid at Work.

Projects

Contributions

Development Manager

Carbon Six

Remote Working & Farnham, Surrey

Dec 2019 - May 20211 year and 6 months

Team management & project development.
Outlining best practices and procedures for source control, security and deployments.
C# .net MVC development, .net framework and .net core.
Umbraco 8 with ModelsBuilder.
Development of HubSpot websites with HubL syntax.
Project delivery using Azure DevOps with build and release pipelines.
Azure hosting service management and integration:
- Azure functions and logic apps development.
- App Gateway, Traffic Manager, Virtual Machines, App services, SQL servers, Azure CDN and Blob Storage.
- Migration from Umbraco Cloud to Microsoft Azure Hosting.
Hosting with Amazon Web Services, Umbraco Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
Building bespoke solutions for clients:
- A personalisation engine for Umbraco based on user's behaviour.
- Utilising Vendr for Umbraco to produce an ecommerce site, including contributions.
- Creation of packages to integrate with HubSpot eCommerce Bridge and TaxJar with Vendr to show sales tax based on shipping.
- A product comparison tool, product bundle-builder and recommendation tool.
- Integration of Shopify, including building a JavaScript shopping cart.
- Integration of MailChimp / SendInBlue for newsletter subscriptions.
- Using MaxMind / IPStack for geo location services.
- NPoco code-first data layer solutions.
Building frontend prototypes using:
- HTML with data attributes, and nunjucks templating, utilising Bootstrap, TailwindCSS and SCSS.
- JavaScript with ES modules, JQuery, Node, NPM and Gulp.

Projects

Packages & Contributions

UmbracoFormsTranslations
HubSpot eCommerce Bridge Client
Vendr TaxJar Client
Personalisation
Vendr Checkout
Umbraco

Senior Developer

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

jaywing.com

Mar 2019 - Dec 20199 months

C# .net MVC development.
.net core experience.
Experience with Umbraco, Sitecore and Sitefinity.
Umbraco CMS Contributor.
Extending Umbraco by creating C# and AngularJS packages.
Creating NuGet packages for internal & external use.
Test Driven Development with MS Test projects.
Utilising nPoco and Entity Framework.
Integration with Amazon S3 Buckets and Azure Blob Storage

Projects

Isio
Rail Delivery Group
Historic Royal Palaces
Walkers Sensations Global Travel

Contributions

Umbraco

Technical Manager

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

jaywing.com

Jan 2016 - Mar 20193 years and 2 months

Technical Manager for various projects and clients.
Providing direction for the development team in support of business operations.
Staff recruitment, training and resourcing.
Improving processes, security and efficiency on technical projects.
C# MVC development utilising Umbraco, Sitecore and Sitefinity.
Umbraco Gold Partner.
Certified Umbraco Expert.
Sitecore 8 Certified
Extending Umbraco by creating C# and AngularJS packages.
SQL Server database administration and optimisation.
Azure hosting service management and integration:
- Traffic Manager.
- Azure DNS.
- App services / App service plans.
- SQL servers and databases.
- Azure Content Delivery Network.
- Blob Storage.
- Vision API
  - AI Cognitive Services for analysing imagery.
- Media Services
  - Encoding-on-demand and adaptive streaming.
- Application Insights
  - Server monitoring and fault finding.

Projects

Scania
Sunbites
Madame Tussauds
London Eye
Shrek's Adventure
Merlin's Magical London
Sky Ocean Rescue
Sky Academy
Pepsi Max Football
Doritos Dust
Pepsi Perfect Match
Doritos
Tropicana Little Glass
Achievement For All
Snell Advanced Media
Jaywing

Packages

Senior Web Application Developer

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

jaywing.com

Jul 2008 - Jan 20167 years and 6 months

Web development specialising in the Microsoft .net framework.
C# MVC and WebForms.
Umbraco 6 and 7 experience.
Lead developer on top brand projects with tight deadlines, which included team leadership and client liaising.
3rd party integration with various API's.
Technical documentation and solution development.
Core developer of in-house content management system.
Pitching to potential new clients with success.
w3 Gold Winner
- JAYWING, Godolphin.com, website features, user experience.

Projects

Web Application Developer

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

jaywing.com

Nov 2006 - Jul 20081 year and 8 months

Web development specialising in the Microsoft .net framework.
C# WebForms.
SQL Server & Management Studio.
Core developer on large FMCG websites.
Multilingual experience with Arabic sites, including bidirectional layouts.
Building websites for high profile clients, under tight deadlines alongside creative and client teams.
Creating bulk email notification systems including queuing and SMTP error handling.
Database optimisation and architecture for high load websites.
Lead on development of a dynamic survey builder.

Projects

Web Programmer

Guava

Hurst, Berkshire

Feb 2006 - Nov 20069 months

Web Developer

MAD Productions

Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire

Apr 2005 - Feb 200610 months

Webmaster

TNT Magazine

Romsey, Hampshire & Earl's Court, London

Mar 2004 - Apr 20051 year and 1 month

Senior Webmaster & Deputy Team Leader

IBM UK Limited

Basingstoke, Hampshire

Apr 2000 - Mar 20043 years and 11 months

Gareth Wright

@garpunkal

Projects

Articles

Umbraco 9 - Sort those crops out!

Umbraco 9 - Azure Cache for Redis

Umbraco 9 - ContentWithAside BlockList editor package

Umbraco 9 - DropDownList with text and values

Umbraco 9 - Thumbnail ListView

Umbraco 9 - BlockList editor with added ViewComponents

Umbraco 8 - Image optimisation using PunkOptimise

Umbraco 8 - Umbraco Forms and converting fields to translations nodes

Umbraco 8 - Personalisation with Members and Tagging

SquidexCMS to Gridsome using Content API

My portfolio JAM Stack website using vue.js, gridsome and tailwind

Experience

Senior Backend Developer

Jaywing

Home Based

Development Manager

Carbon Six

Remote Working & Farnham, Surrey

Senior Developer

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

Technical Manager

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

Senior Web Application Developer

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

Web Application Developer

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

Web Programmer

Guava

Hurst, Berkshire

Web Developer

MAD Productions

Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire

Webmaster

TNT Magazine

Romsey, Hampshire & Earl's Court, London

Senior Webmaster & Deputy Team Leader

IBM UK Limited

Basingstoke, Hampshire

Public Sector Sales Productivity Centre Professional

IBM UK Limited

Basingstoke, Hampshire

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